30) Rosemary Kennedy She is Forgotten No Longer Born: 13 September 1918, Brookline, Massachusetts, United States of America Died: 7 January 2005, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, United States of America Rosemary was President John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s older sister. She is hardly remembered in comparison to her more well-known siblings, but her story is the saddest. Rosemary’s…
29) Henri Mouhot He has been called the Discoverer, but Re-Discoverer is the More Accurate Term Born: 15 May 1826, Montbeliard, France Died: 10 November 1861, Present-day Luang Prabang, Laos Henri is credited with discovering Angkor Wat, but wouldn’t the more accurate term be he re-discovered it? How does one discover what was already known…
29) Eva Braun Possibly the Most Misunderstood Woman in the History of the Third Reich Born: 6 February 1912, Munich, German Empire (Present-day Munich, Germany) Died: 30 April 1945, Berlin, Nazi Germany (Present-day Berlin, Germany) Eva was Hitler’s wife for less than 40 hours after being abused by him for more than a decade. They…
28) Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Remember how I said not all Nazis were Horrible People? Born: 15 November 1891, Heidenheim, Imperial Germany (Present-day Heidenheim, Germany) Died: 14 October 1944, Herrlingen, Blaustein, Nazi Controlled Germany (Present-day Herrlingen, Germany) He has been given the nickname the Desert Fox for his prowess on the battlefield in North Africa…
28) Miep Gies Without Her, We Likely Would Have Never Read the Words Written Down in the World’s Most Famous Diary. Born: 15 February 1909, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Present-day Vienna, Austria) Died: 11 January 2010, Hoorn, Netherlands Original Name: Hermine Gies Miep was one of the few who helped the Frank Family and the others…
27) Flora Disney Ever Wondered Why the Mothers Always Die? Born: 22 April 1868, Steuben, Ohio, United States of America Died: 26 November 1938, North Hollywood, California, United States of America Walt and Roy’s Mother She was a mother to five total and a grammar school teacher. Some believe the reason why so many Disney…
27) Jan Żabiński More Than a Zookeeper Born: 8 April 1897, Warsaw, Russian Controlled Poland (Present-day Warsaw, Poland) Died: 26 July 1974, Warsaw, Soviet Controlled Poland (Present-day Warsaw, Poland) He was the director of the Warsaw Zoo, which was one of the largest and finest zoological facilities in Europe by the 1930’s. However, at the…
26) Robert Jan Van Pelt Don’t Mess With Historians Y’all Born: 15 August 1955, Haarlem, Netherlands Robert is one of the world’s leading experts on Auschwitz. I was introduced to his work in the amazing film Denial starring Rachel Weisz, and my respect for him grew after reading the book by fellow historian Deborah E….
26) Nancy McCoy Phillips The Other Woman…Kind Of Born: August 1865, Pike County Kentucky, United States of America Died: 1901, Pinsonfork, Kentucky, United States of America One of the McCoy clan during the infamous Hatfield vs McCoy feud. She was first married to Johnse Hatfield—after he got her first cousin Roseanna pregnant (and refusing to…
25) Alan Turing Brilliant Doesn’t Even Begin to Describe Him Born: 23 June 1912, London, United Kingdom Died: 7 June 1954, Wilmslow, Cheshire, United Kingdom Today Alan is known as the Founder of Computer Science, though he wasn’t known that way in his own lifetime. He struggled in school and dealing with his family’s demands…